Aardman’s resident hardman – well, hardpenguin – is back.
Feathers McGraw, the larcenous mastermind from 1993 short The Wrong Trousers, is back on evil genius duties in the new Wallace & Gromit movie. And, to borrow from Christopher Walken, the movie’s first trailer shows him in a vendetta kinda mood. Check it out below.
Clearly still stewing over his incarceration all those years ago, and still cunningly disguised as a chicken, Feathers McGraw is framing Wallace for the theft of a series of garden items. This time, Wallace doesn’t just have his trusty and very smart pooch Gromit to help out, but a new ‘smart gnome’ called Norbot. What can go wrong for the cheese-loving inventor? ‘Everything’ would be a fair guess.
The second feature-length Wallace & Gromit movie after 2005’s The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Vengeance Most Fowl is also the debut of new-voice-of-Wallace, Ben Whitehead, who takes on the role the late Peter Sallis made so iconic.
Also starring in the voice cast are Peter Kay, Lauren Patel, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh, Muzz Khan and Lenny Henry. More details on their characters are promised soon.
Aardman OG and Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park is co-directing this one with Merlin Crossingham, a 28-year Aardman veteran.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl lands on BBC One and iPlayer on Christmas in the UK. If you’re further afield, you can catch it on Netflix on January 3.
Read our review of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.